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One-pot synthesis of mesoporous aluminosilicate as a novel solid acid catalyst for the alkylation of toluene with benzyl alcohol

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One-pot synthesis of mesoporous aluminosilicate molecular sieve (MASM) with the Si/Al molar ratio of 25 from aluminium isopropoxide, tetraethylorthosilicate, acetylacetone as a chelating agent and cetyltrimethylaluminium bromide by the sol–gel method is reported. The solid product was characterized with XRD, FT–IR and nitrogen adsorption-desorption techniques. MASM successfully catalyzed the alkylation of toluene with benzyl alcohol with 100% conversion and 92% selectivity toward the formation of p-methyldiphenylmethane during 1 h.

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The authors would acknowledge the financial support granted by Research Council of Alzahra University.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Alzahra University, Vanak, Tehran, Iran

    Faezeh Farzaneh & Zeinab Sharif

  2. Research Institution for Curriculum Development and Educational Innovations, Tehran, Iran

    Zahra Mehraban

  3. School of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

    Mehdi Ghandi

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Farzaneh, F., Sharif, Z., Mehraban, Z. et al. One-pot synthesis of mesoporous aluminosilicate as a novel solid acid catalyst for the alkylation of toluene with benzyl alcohol. Reac Kinet Mech Cat 102, 343–352 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11144-010-0277-9

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